Spanish Civil War / Blue Division Volunteer Collection

[Aldo]

Interesting Post card depicting the "Tercio De Montejurra" Carlista brigades that mobilized in Pamplona in 1936 against the Republican army. The Post Card indicates a long tradition of service depicting different ages of soldiers fighting against the communists and anarchists.

CLICK ON LINK Tercio de Requet

[Aldo]

Frente De Juventudes Propaganda Post Card

Humorous post card depicting a Nationalist soldier in full kit

[Aldo]

[Aldo]

Hello Gents, I wanted to recap my year in collecting and to give thanks to this forum as an outlet to share my hobby with everyone. It's been a great year for my hobby as I continued adding to my TR and stickpin collection. I also branched out into the militaria of Spain with an emphasis on the civil war, the Blue Division Spanish volunteers and the Franco era. This new collection has really renewed my interest and made the hunt for new items thrilling once again. Thank you to everyone who has viewed and commented on this thread. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

Cheers, Al

[Aldo]

I just received a late Christmas present in the mail from Spain, a 1940's Franco youth shirt sans insignia. I assembled the insignia from my collection to recreate a proper youth shirt from the early 1940's.

[JMM]

What a great present. Not easy to find and not cheap either.
Congrats. Looks great!

[Aldo]

I picked up this nice postcard like photo depicting the Spanish Volunteer pilots of the "Blue Squadron" that served on the Russian Front. The photo is twice the size of a tobacco card and in excellent condition.

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/thread...quadron.29703/

Photos courtesy of ww2aircraft.net Forum

[Aldo]

Tapferkeits- und Erinnerungsmedaille der Spanischen "Blauen Division"

[Aldo]

I picked up this Military Devotional book dedicated to the Nationalist soldiers and Hospitals on the front. The book came with a beautifully enameled donation pin in the shape of a cross. The book is dated November 20, 1938 and is filled with prayers and verses for the soldiers. The back cover has patriotic slogans for "Arriba Espana y Franco" I also found a small clipping inside dated March 25, 1939 that contained a hymn for the "Flechazos" in blue shirts referring to the Falange soldiers.

[Aldo]

I also picked up a few insignia in the form of a Republican flag stickpin and miniature Republican pilot wings. Most of the items in my collection represent the Nationalist troops under General Franco so I thought it was time to start balancing it out with some opposition items.

Here is the Republican pilot wing alongside Nationalist pilot insignia

Allocated to a new display box with some of my other pins